evolve endurance festival

Join our festival

On Saturday 12th July the Tour de France stage finishes in Laval, barely 15minutes from the Chateau. Come and enjoy the stage and our endruance festival this summer.

We are opening our gates to all who love endurance sports - join us at our fairytale Chateau in the Loire. You can camp, bring your mobile home or stay at our Chateau. Bring the family or come alone. Have a full week's coached training, join in the swim, cycle or run programmes or just a few sessions. And you can race the Century Ride, Half Marathon, 3km Swim or all three! Entry to our local triathlon, for kids and adults, is included.

There will be experienced coaches, ride leaders and sports scientists on site and live music and events throughout the week. You will have access to our swimming pool, running trail and performance gym and be able to relax on our 27 acre estate, enjoying the best that the Loire has to offer. We have some great partners alongside us for 2025.

A maximum of 150 guests will stay with us, in our wonderful Chateau, set in 27 acres of picturesque parkland grounds. For those in the Chateau, all meals are included.

The perfect early summer break.

Festival Partners

A simple black square, reminiscent of the intense focus and discipline found in a triathlon training camp, with no visible content or details.

Forge 1860, the new name for Pearson’s high-performance cycling store, will lead bike fit sessions, support daily rides and oversee the Century Ride. Continuing the Pearson tradition of the world’s oldest bike brand, it’s a pedigree that dates back to Tom Pearson, who, in 1860, welcomed the first bikes into his blacksmith’s forge. Those bikes were penny farthings, Tom’s repairs of which helped establish Pearson’s reputation.

Logo featuring a slanted blue triangle containing the words SPORTS GENERATION in white and black. Below, the phrase POWER YOUR POTENTIAL appears, with YOUR in blue and the rest in black. The design embodies a festival of endurance against a crisp white background.

Sports Generation are one of the leading providers of childrens' swimming tuition in London and will deliver a program of classes during the Festival. Additionally, Sports Generation and Group Evolution will run a series of adult swim clinics for beginners, intermediate and advanced swimmers during the Festival and oversee the 3km open water swim. Video stroke analysis and technique development in the principal strokes will be available as will open water swim tuition and, uniquely to Group Evolution, open water strike analysis.

The logo of British Triathlon showcases a stylized figure cycling, swimming, and running in blue, embodying a festival of endurance, next to the words BRITISH TRIATHLON in bold blue letters on a pristine white background.

As part of our new partnership with British Triathlon, we deliver camps to support GB’s amazing Age Group Teams, that are open to those already qualified and those who have registered to qualify with British Triathlon. But all BTFD members get 10% off all our camps, including their Festival accommodation.

accommodation options

Our endurance festival has options for all budgets and all travellers. You can stay in our stunning nineteenth Chateau, enjoying our boutique, spacious, luxury en-suite accommodation. Or you can bring your caravan or RV and rent a pitch for the week on-site. Finally you can camp on-site, pitching your tent and watching the stars. Camping and caravan pitches are for up to 4 people for the festival, with additional charges for more people on request.

Everyone can enjoy all the facilities on-site, including shower and toilet blocks and electricity, alongside the pool, gym, fishing lake and running trail.

coaching options

During the week there will be a series of swim-bike-run clinics for adults and children - beginners, intermediates and advanced athletes. Swim sessions will be led by Swim Generation and Group Evolution, bike rides by local ride leaders and Forge 1860 and run clinics led by Group Evolution and our run sponsor. There will also be daily rides and runs plus strength and conditioning, yoga and pilates classes. Places will be limited so we will open a festival program one month beofre the Festival, where you will be able to choose the sessions you wish to join in on.

Additionally, Group Evolution and its partners will be running a series of 1-2-1 sessions to assess your overall strength and conditioning and your swim-bike-run technique. Using some of the latest sports sceince techniques you can get your swim stroke analysed your running gait reviewed and your bike fit honed, you can even have your bike aerodynamics checked.

For those that want to relax there will be massage sessions and other treatments on site. And for the adventurous excursions and activities to local Chateaux, vineyards and markets will be organised, during the week.

 

Race options

Come to our Chateau ready to take on the challenges that await. We will be supporting a 100 mile bike ride into the Alpes Mancelles, a half marathon along the traffic-free Mayenne towpath and a 3km swim at a local open water swimming lake. The local triathlon takes place on Bastille Day, with supersprint and sprint races for adults and kids that attracts over 500 competitors annually. We are proud to sponsor this closed road, brilliantly organised event.

Sleep, train, compete, have fun, repeat!

THE VENUE

Chateau de la Motte Henry is a beautiful, 19th Century Chateau set in over 9 hectares of glorious parkland in the Pays de la Loire. Easy to get to from the UK and mainland Europe, the Chateau is equipped with first class health, fitness and leisure facilities to allow guests to relax and reenergise. The spacious accommodation remains true to the Chateau’s heritage, updated for modern convenience.

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UPCOMING RETREATS

Evolve Endurance Festival 2025

11-17th July 2025 | 7 days

From £500
Multiple accommodation, event and coaching options

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Festival Activities

11th-17th July 2025 | 7 days

From £25
Several activities at the Festival are free, these heavily subsidised

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